Blog 2
I have used Microsoft Word often throughout high school and college. However, I have not used it in order to be creative before taking this course. For example, the newsletter assignment was very difficult for me because I have no prior experience or knowledge on how to go about making a newsletter. It took me hours to explore Microsoft Word and figure out how to work it because I have only ever used it in order to write papers and cite sources. After completing the newsletter assignment, I now realize that my teachers in the past used Microsoft Word to create different assignments, tests, or letters home to my parents.
In my own educational experience, plagiarism is something
that has always been stressed about. Copyright and fair use of materials is
always discussed while in college. We hear about it from each of our professors
at least once a semester. They list the consequences of cheating or plagiarizing
other’s work and remind us how serious this issue is. Recognizing the
seriousness of this issue allows us to be creative and develop our own work
which will affect us in our future careers.
Academic honesty is any form of cheating that occurs in relation to an assignment or academic exercise. Academic honesty within a classroom should be discussed at the beginning of the school year and mentioned throughout the remainder of the year. Plagiarism can be avoided by using turnitin.com which checks the percentage of plagiarism regarding a paper, but it can also be avoided by teaching students how to properly cite their sources. Cheating can be avoided by creating different forms of tests. Cyberbullying is something that is relatively new because of our advances in technology over recent years. This should never be acceptable and can be acknowledged by teaching students about the consequences of hurting others online. I do not believe that cyberbullying is something that teachers can provide a solution to because it is strictly through social media and can be done outside of the classroom, but it is something that they can try to help students avoid. Digital divide is caused by lack of money or resources. This is the space between those who have access to computers and the internet and those who do not. Educationally, it can be avoided by giving free access to computers for the students who might otherwise not own a computer. So computer labs or access to ipads would help those students remain connected to the internet like their classmates.
Academic honesty is any form of cheating that occurs in relation to an assignment or academic exercise. Academic honesty within a classroom should be discussed at the beginning of the school year and mentioned throughout the remainder of the year. Plagiarism can be avoided by using turnitin.com which checks the percentage of plagiarism regarding a paper, but it can also be avoided by teaching students how to properly cite their sources. Cheating can be avoided by creating different forms of tests. Cyberbullying is something that is relatively new because of our advances in technology over recent years. This should never be acceptable and can be acknowledged by teaching students about the consequences of hurting others online. I do not believe that cyberbullying is something that teachers can provide a solution to because it is strictly through social media and can be done outside of the classroom, but it is something that they can try to help students avoid. Digital divide is caused by lack of money or resources. This is the space between those who have access to computers and the internet and those who do not. Educationally, it can be avoided by giving free access to computers for the students who might otherwise not own a computer. So computer labs or access to ipads would help those students remain connected to the internet like their classmates.
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I relate to your statement about your teachers using Microsoft Word to create weekly newsletters! At the time, it was not something we thought much about as students but now I think we have a better grasp on how much work our teachers put into those weekly letters! :) great post!
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ReplyDeleteRelatable post. I got the worst headache trying to find the most aesthetically pleasing shapes and colors and fonts for that newsletter! But just to clarify, "academic honesty" is a policy that punishes forms of cheating, not the cheating itself. Academic honesty is good, just not the violation of it. And I agree, Turnitin is a great resource for self-checking your own writings and also for teachers to ensure students are being honest. Before this (our middle/high school), plagiarism could more easily fly under the radar.
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